Numbers 34:5

And its limits shall go around from Azmon to the Torrent of Egypt, and shall end at the shore of the Great Sea.

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In The King James Version

And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

In Context

4It shall circle on the south side along the ascent of the Scorpion, by this way crossing into Senna, and passing through, from the south, as far as Kadesh-barnea, from which its confines shall go out to the town called Adar, and extend even to Azmon.

6Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6Then the western region shall begin from the Great Sea, and the same shall be its end.

Joshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and villages. Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the torrent of Egypt, with the great sea as its border.

Isaiah 27:12And this shall be: in that day, the Lord will strike, from the channel of the river, even to the torrent of Egypt. And you shall be gathered together, one by one, O sons of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 34:2-16

The Boundaries of Canaan. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of… Read the whole commentary →

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